Training Camp: Should early interceptions from Tom Brady be a concern?

Buccaneers Training Camp: Should early interceptions from Tom Brady be a concern?

In the first two days of full pads in Training Camp for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady has had a number of big-time throws and he’s also been picked off a few times.

There have been reports of Tom Brady’s 60-yard dimes and even a 90-yard TD pass that traveled more than 50 yards in the air. But, of course, there’s a contingent of the Buccaneers fan base who wants to focus on the concern rather than the bright spot.

And that’s the fact that in the first two days of full pads, Brady has thrown three interceptions– two of which were picked off by Mike Edwards. Of course, we should also point out that Bruce Arians said one of those passes were five yards out of bounds.

All of that being said, there has been this great debate and plenty of fans from both sides making a much bigger deal out of both portions than what needs to be done.

Tom Brady is just fine. And we’re talking about practice

I understand that we’ve all missed football and there’s major excitement about this season to get underway.

That being said, we shouldn’t be making wide-ranging arguments or debating over touchdowns and interceptions in practice. Brady is going to make some mistakes in practice. He’s also going to look like the league MVP at times.

And guess what? The same can be said for every single quarterback in the league.

Patrick Mahomes will throw INTs in practice. He’ll also make some spectacular plays. We should expect the same thing from Brady.

Again, we’re talking about practice.

It’s not to say that practice isn’t important or that we can’t glean things from watching, but keeping up with stats and holding every single decision for or against Brady- and anyone else for that matter- in Training Camp is about as silly as it can get.